"jazillion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jazillions [plural]
Etymology: See + -illion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||illion}} + -illion Head templates: {{en-noun}} jazillion (plural jazillions)
  1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of). Tags: excessive, slang

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jazillion meaning in English (1.7kB)

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          "text": "While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles.",
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